Chapter 209: I Just Want to Make Money
Following the original path, Su Jinxin was a little flustered. She didn't know what kind of feeling she had about Gu Xiaoliu. She really couldn't tell the difference. She thought he was his brother and he was a person who could rely on. She even thought that Mr. Ruoyun would not marry her, she might have to rely on Gu Xiaoliu for the rest of her life.
"Su Xuanqing, why are you still here? Let's go quickly?" At this time, a scholar in blue shirt and robe shouted at Su Jinxin.
Su Jinxin recognized him as one of the scholars who had just been punished to sweep the stone steps with Qin Huaixian.
Oh, Su Jin responded dullly, but his feet did not move.
The scholar was anxious, "Master Yan brought his disciples to trouble us, Master Zheng. If the fight starts, we will have more hands." As he said that, he was about to come forward to pull Su Jinxin.
Su Jinxin hid without leaving any trace, "I just came here and didn't recognize the way. I would like to ask you, senior brother, to lead the way."
"Okay." The scholar did not feel suspicious either. "The lecture hall is right in front, you follow closely."
"Senior Brother Zheng, we study and do not seek fame. What do we do when we study? Look at your disciples, not all of them are from aristocratic families. Do you want them to be trampled by others for the rest of your life, and their descendants are all commoners!"
"Fishing for fame and gaining profit are all actions of villains. When we read the books of sages, we naturally make the right, understand the way, and cultivate our bodies. Children from poor families should know how to keep themselves clean and not be burdened by fame and fortune!"
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Before he got close to the lecture hall, Su Jinxin heard two old men yelling at each other.
These two old men were like a loud sound, especially Master Yan, who had a hot temper. Before he could say a few words, he slapped the table and kicked the wooden chair again. "If you are the surname Zheng, don't think you are my senior brother. I dare not do anything to you. You are a stubborn man who hides in the mountains and eats braised vegetables all your life, and you still have to let your disciples suffer."
"Junior Brother Yan, I have never said that students from Lin'an Academy are not allowed to take the scientific exam. I just think that those who study should not have too much fame and fortune, and let everything go."
"Why, all my disciples have passed the exam and entered the aristocratic family. You are jealous."
Su Jinxin and a group of students stood outside the lecture hall, following their eyes. An old man was dressed in gray, holding a carved feather fan, dressed simply; while another old man was dressed in gorgeous clothes, arrogant and arrogant.
"Junior Brother Yan, you are the master, how can you be a role model..."
"What, I'm happy." Master Yan raised his cuffs, "The surname of Zheng has arrived for three years. You should be the wise man, the position of the chief of Lin'an Academy."
"Yes, this position of the chief of the mountain should have belonged to Master Yan."
"Master Zheng has been studying the classics for a long time and specializes in studying. If he takes the position of the chief of the mountain, he may be more willing but not capable enough, so he would ask Master Zheng to return the position of the chief of the mountain to Master Yan."
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As soon as Master Yan finished his words, more than a dozen disciples he brought began to shout from the side.
But Master Zheng’s disciples were not to be outdone. “Master Yan lost to our Master at the time, and it was legitimate to be the head of Lin'an Academy.”
"Enjoy fame and honor is achieved through your ability, but it is a shame for us scholars who have obtained it without any means."
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The two old men argued, and dozens of students also divided into two factions and scolded each other.
"Junior Brother Yan, if you want to be the chief of the mountain, then let the candidates present. If they all support you, I have nothing to say and are willing to give up the position of chief of the mountain."
Master Zheng shook the carved feather fan, looking confident.
Master Yan immediately said, "Senior Brother, this is what you said. Meng Chen, please count the points."
Liang Mengchen, the legitimate son of the Liang family's parents' room, and Liang Ying's brother.
Because the Liang family runs a money house, Su Jinxin has heard of this person. He has never miscalculated the fact that he is a rare talent. Moreover, if she doesn't know the young owner of the Liang family, how dare she deposit most of the money in her hands into the money house under the control of Master Liang.
"Yes, teacher."
Liang Mengchen wore a blue robe and a Confucian scarf of the same color. He glanced casually and knew the number of people present. He was warm in nature, so he spoke in a tepid way, "Teacher, you are the same as Master Zheng, and the number is equivalent."
"How could it be the same!" Master Yan shouted immediately with dissatisfaction. Then, he scanned the students present and counted it himself, and it was indeed the same.
The stubborn old man named Zheng is indeed prepared.
He didn't believe it. This year, Lin'an Academy recruited several students, and some of them went where they all went.
"Teacher, there is one there." Liang Mengchen pointed at Su Jinxin, who was standing at the door of the lecture hall, and smiled gently and elegantly.
Master Yan was impatient, but his favorite student Liang Mengchen was completely opposite. He was calm and slow in his conversations. He seemed to be weak and could be bullied, but he had no choice but to do so.
After Liang Mengchen pointed this, everyone in the lecture hall looked at Su Jinxin standing at the door of the lecture hall.
Who is this? Why haven't you seen it before?
A group of students whispered, and the scholar who had just brought Su Jinxin over said proudly, "He was brought by Senior Brother Yun, so he naturally belongs to our school."
What the distance brings? Master Zheng began to look at Su Jinxin carefully, wearing a lilac dress, with a plain look. He knew how to restrain his sharpness at a young age. It is indeed not simple.
"I just came." The implication is that I have not yet joined Master Zheng's sect, and the struggle between the two factions has nothing to do with her.
Master Zheng was a great scholar in Jiangnan. He was highly respected and wise. Although he was just a small master, even the governor of Jiangnan treated him very well. It was impossible for such an elder to treat a student who was unknown to him on a different basis on weekdays. However, because Su Jinxin held the purple bamboo flute of Prince Yun in his hand, he looked at Su Jinxin again.
Master Yan was happy on the spot. This kid had a bit of temperament. Unlike the disciples taught by the old stubborn, they all looked sad and happy. Especially Yun Yuanzhi, who was the most boring. He didn't say a word for half a day, but once he spoke, he could make him angry and not leave any face for him.
"Boy, you learn from me. I will guarantee that you will be able to achieve high-ranking officials in the future and have authority." Master Zheng and Master Yan's disciples were in stalemate. Su Jinxin's vote directly determined the position of the chief of Lin'an Academy this year. Master Yan wanted to overwhelm Master Zheng, so he naturally would not let Su Jinxin go.
Master Zheng also said, "You brought it from Away, so I will make an exception and let you study in Lin'an Academy."
"Whoever is surnamed Zheng, why are you snatching me again?" Master Yan said angrily.
"Junior Brother Yan, don't be impatient. Please let the young master choose for himself." Master Zheng said slowly.
When staring at two old men who are nearly sixty years old, Su Jinxin was not afraid of being timid, but instead smiled faintly, "I don't study, I just want to go to business and make money."
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the last ones. As soon as Su Jinxin said this, everyone was shocked. Not only Master Yan was stunned, but even Master Zheng, the most calm, showed an incredible look. The most despised in the world was the merchants full of stinking money. But now there are people who are not reading books and want to fall into business. This kid is not possessed by evil spirits.
After being shocked, everyone present looked disdainful of Su Jinxin.
Without silver, these people even have food and clothing, so how can they study here with peace of mind? Su Jinxin sneered and stepped into the lecture hall slowly, "The national treasury cannot be lost every year. If it is not taken from mountains and lakes and merchants, it must be taken from farmers. The two masters are wise men in Jiangnan. Don't you know that instead of harming farmers, you can only take from merchants. If there are no merchants, how much tax will the people in the world pay? Do you think that by studying and taking fame and being an official, you can benefit the people? Three years of Qing magistrate, 100,000 snowflakes, in the end they will make money. Of course, there are also honest officials who are not greedy for money, but if they have backbone, don't take the silver from the court, go to the fields to grow vegetables and be self-sufficient."
"All talk nonsense, nonsense!" Master Yan was so angry that he trembled. How could he ask his disciples to pass the exam to achieve fame and fortune?
But Su Jinxin's words made him unable to find a reason to refute. Yes, when an official, he had to receive the imperial court's salary every month. Isn't this just to make money, support his family, and to survive?
"A man who is ill of farming in twenty years, and 90 years, will not be able to get out of money, and will not be able to get rid of the grass. If the top is only 80, and the bottom is not too low, the bottom is thirty, then the farming in the end is good. If the top is only 80, the bottom is thirty, then the farming in the end is good. If the top is scattered, there will be no shortage of passes, and the way to govern the country is the way to govern the country. I don't understand the key points of business, and all the key points of business can be recorded in history. Why can't I go to business and make money and make plans for the world!" Su Jinxin's voice fell and the whole hall was silent.
Master Yan was so angry that he scolded Su Jinxin for being disreasonable, but Master Zheng secretly expressed his praise. Although this young master's words were a little biased, he had such insights at a young age. In time, he would become a great man.
Everyone laughs at the merchants for being stinky, and even the rural villagers who cultivate fields look down on merchants. But without these merchants, how can we get the prosperous times today? Rice and grain are all in the market, and each person needs it. Everyone lives in this world, and it will be a slope of loess until death. How can there be a distinction between noble and lowly? Anyway, Su Jingxin has been from beginning to end, and never thinks that business people are lowly people. Studying is noble, but can a noble person be a food?
"When life is forced to eat, I think you will not live or die with books in a pedantic way." Su Jinxin in his previous life was already scared of poverty. He said she was secular or greedy for money, in this life, her obsession with money has long been deeply rooted in her bones and can no longer be separated from it.
Some students fell into deep thoughts because of Su Jinxin's words, but some students were very dissatisfied, "Get out, get out quickly, don't defile the sacred land of our Lin'an Academy!"
"How can we do this kind of common things like those lowly merchants when we read the books of sages?" A sneer suddenly came from the dozens of students. The sound was very familiar, and it made Su Jinxin change his face on the spot. It was him, it turned out to be him!
Li Muzhou!
Chapter completed!